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David Rosalsky reported earlier some flocks of RW
and asked whether that is already a sign of migration. I assume only local
movement; at this time of year you find commonly flocks around flowering
eucalypts and birds moving between food sources. For example at one of my sites
on Mt Ainslie I would normally see 3 to 4 RW, a couple of weeks ago over 20
were present, Yellow Boxes were in flower.
Suzan Edgars swooping Dollarbird: Did the bird make
actually body contact with you? I doubt it. When the young are close to leaving
the nest hollow or are just out, adults will commonly swoop at 'intruders'. It
is an impressive sight and sound display, however, in my experience, they come
pretty close to you, but don't actually hit you. So, hat or no hat, you
would have been safe.
Michael
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